Daily Republican., 1887-05-14

AZ Tponss nds of Reoplo-A Dswildsr~
ing yoene OF Beauty.
Rarnum's Great Show and the Lon
aon Cirous arriv we'd In this city Rt en-
a..,y ao. hour yesterday morning, and II
!, hsd been an invading army It would
not have caused much moye exDitenen {.
M",Est and othor streeGs along the
rants of parade were packed with peo-
lie la as Il is q we'll known fAct that
harnum alwAys shows N ore fer moth
,ng than many of the other shows
cheroe an admission for. But while
,hs parade was grand, and greater than
anv,hina of the kind ever seen in this
c,tv the scene 1T the grounds, Second
And CLAYTON streets, In the aftert oon,
-hsre % the enormous tents were pitched,
was som ething that is almost beyond
description.
oiven SEATS about IL, COO people. and 1t,
a we'll as tho ticket wagon, Vas Desieg-
ed by an immense crowd. al eager 70
us,n admittaucs. The vicinity looked
| like large village on one side there
we're = number OF men engaged In max.
in1 coffee In kettles. which held almost
one barrel each, while the kitchen va.
00n.
oooupied BY the cooks, oil OF whom we're
busy making preparations Tor supper
which was served almost immedi-
ately after tho afternoon performance.
There are thirty four people employ ed
In this department, six OF whom are
cooks, and they prepare three meals q
dsy for four hundred persons, the other
one hundred and twenty connected with
kHN In at
But although the scene outside was
Ivonderful, It was nothing when COM
pared with the inside Of the tent con.
taining the menagerie. The fIst thing
that strikes the visitor's eye upon en-
terinr is the enormous skeleton OF
Jumbo, which 10 90 arranged that 1t
can be taken apart in q few minutes,
and many who looked at 1t yesterday
thought OF the time when the noble
Jumbo last Waited this city some three
or four yesrs ago. Around the side OF
this tent there are twenty performing
elephants. among them being Alice,
who still mourns fer Jumbo.
The baby elephant that Jumbo los,
Ibis lifs in saving IL also In this tent,
and still bears the marks OF iis narrow
escape. Poor jun bo's skin, mount ed
on frame stauds erect and llfelike, at
tracted considerable attention. The col
lection of living animals and birds In
the biological department 10 the largest
In this country, and probably 10 the
world. IL presents abundant material
for the study Of naturalists, and no ONE
can viait 1t without obtaining u vast
deal of information about many sni
mails of which they msy have heard bul
lprobably never saw before.
Here is the massive hippoptamu III
from Africa, obtained at cost OF $25.
900, while close to HIM is the white ol
polar bear, which makes hie home OF
the most northern shores Of Greenland
and Asia. Then comes the beautiful
sea lions from the coast of Alaska, who
showed their disapproval of being
gszed ut by the vast concouIse of peo
tple, by their continuous barking
Another agon contained mammoth
rhinoceros, weighing 4. 900 pounds, fsl
frem his native hau nts In Africa.
This animal has peculiar horn
which is In DO way connected with thu
lskull, but seems TO be developed exclu
Isively by the thick, impenstrable hide
This horn, which 10 sharp and imtiexi
BILE, can be- raised or lowered at will
land Is capable OF doing fearful execu
jtion a. q weapon Of az gressive or defen
lsive warfare. The next cage contain
five leopards who kept up = constan
tquArrel with each other, splitting an,
clawin9 like cats. There, as we'll AZ tn
-four lions in M adjoining cage, wer
born In captivity, and 1t is a singula
fact that they are more ferocious thai
those captured in wild state.
white kangaroo was a special obiec
of interest, as 1t gave birth about on
week ago to baby, which ,as 1t was borl
at Elizabeth, N J was christened Eliza
beth, without regard to its sex. Thel
comes cages filled with papthers, African
lions, hyenas, wart hogs, monkeys, deers
!, lpelicans, sacred bulls and almost al
! other kinds of amin mated nature, shown
that no expense has been spared In ran
( sacking the world to secure this magnih
a lcent collection.
The dressing room is another object {
| Interest, as 1t is here the performers do
the magnificent suits in which they per
D form. There was q multitude of ope
, trunks scattered al ound, each of whic
:, has Its place, where it must be set ever
] ldsy. Although there were fully fft
! men getting ready for the performanc,
i there was not the slightest confusion, an
s no one had to search for anything needed
In fact, this perfect system pervadcs til
I sentire establishment, and although
takes three large trains OF cars to tran
tport this mammoth aggregation evei
man has his own particular duty to a
tend to, consequent rything is dor
in the most expeditions manner. If tn
was not the case 1t would be impossib
"a ior the show to exhibit In one town t,
day, and then In another sixty or sevenl
miles distant to morrow.
Outside the dressing room number
% horses were standing, waiting for the 81,
y nal which warned all to be ready for u
grand prelude to the opening OF the req
lar performance. They had not long
Il, wait, as few minutes before 2 o'cloc
II The bugle sounded, when men al
women bounded into the saddles, ar
the classic and oriental pageant, head,
II by the band, passed around the clips
IL This was followed by an exhibition Of Il
Hairy Family, each member of which
covered with long, silky hair. Then can
the most wonderful exhibitions in u
&c arenas ever witnessed In this city,
] which men and women performed seen
ihgiy impossible feats ON bareback horse
10 AID lying trapeze.
vol These were interspersed with the conf
~ alities OF host Of clowns, which co
D. sVulsed the vast audience of Is, 600 perso
with laughter. A lake was prepared,
which Captain Paul Boyton, the 10
navigator, in his life saving suit, show
now it was possible for him to live in I
water, catch fish and even cook them {
MS supper. The performance last
about two hours, and was participated
ny The best artists in the world. 1t &C
Guided with the exciting hippodrol
races OF ten different kinds, and the
TACK upon the overland mail stage,
wia Indians, and their repulse by Ja
sutton, forming an exciting and reals
The entire performanee ia Gle